We were on vacation for a couple of months back staying with my wife’s family in the US. I didn’t completely unplug during the trip, though I wasn’t checking work email, my personal accounts were down to a cursory glance once-per-day, and I’ve dialed back on the Twitter usage quite significantly. In some of my [...]
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Honing the Craft
August 10th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: Development · learning · musings · Programming · software
32 Great Podcasts from my Podroll
July 10th, 2009 4 Comments
Inspired by this post from Bill Wagner’s blog, here’s a quick look at what’s on my Podroll these days. I’ve listed each show below with its affiliated network or originating broadcaster in parentheses. Please have a look through the list and post any other great shows in the comments. I’d also love to know what [...]
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Top 4 iPod Touch Applications that I’ve Paid For
July 9th, 2009 No Comments
Over the past decade or so I’ve become a strong believer in paying for media that I consume — not surprisingly this coincides with my ability to afford to buy stuff. In the spirit of promoting the concept of paying back those who provide us with great software, I give you my Top 4 iPod [...]
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Windows 7 RTM in July??
July 4th, 2009 No Comments
Tonight the tubes of the Interwebs are all atwitter with rumours that Microsoft may reach the release-to-manufacturer (RTM) milestone for Windows 7 in July. The date being bandied about is July 13th which coincides with a Microsoft event in New Orleans. This is stunning news particularly when thinking back to the release of Windows Vista [...]
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Regaining my Chops
June 30th, 2009 No Comments
It’s been a good long while since I’ve written much in the way of production code. I’ve tinkered here and there with some small side projects, but rarely have I given much thought into how those pieces of code were written so long as they got the job done; after all I didn’t expect that [...]
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